Fazle Sadain Khokon, a member of Swadhin Bangla football team, died of cardiac arrest on Saturday at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

He was 74.

Khokon left behind his wife, two sons, two daughters and a host of well-wishers to mourn his dead.

"He had been suffering from different diseases following a brain Hemorrhage and he was admitted at the CMH on November 19. However, he died of cardiac arrest today," Sadique bin Sadain, younger son of Khokon, told The Daily Star.

After Liberation, Khokon also played Dhaka Abahani, BRTC and Rajshahi University. He left football after suffering from a knee injury, said Sadique.

The late footballer's body was being taken to Rajshahi where he will be laid to rest after Zuhr prayers on Sunday.